Prof. dr. ir. Hsiao-Wei Tang has more than 10 years experiences in surgical robot R&D and is dedicated to the promotion and implementation of robot assisted surgery. Since 2000, He developed a 'CT-image guided needle insertion robot' to solve the problems of patient movement and excessive X-ray exposure for percutaneous ethanol injection of liver in Taiwan. Then, He moved to Belgium and developed his second Laser Laparoscopic Surgical Robot (LLSR) for endometriosis treatment via laser laparoscopy. He also found significant advantages of shorter learning curve and better precision by using his system which paves the way for his latter startup projects. He invented the Adjustable Remote Center of Motion (ARCM) which is the core technology for Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (RAMIS).

Since 2009, he initiates and executes the 'VESALIUS Robot- a seed for the future' spinoff project. He proposes Modular CustoMization (MCM) concept to improve the usability while taken cost effectiveness into account. In Feb. 2011, he joins IRCAD-Taiwan, the academy of Minimally Invasive Surgery, and establishes the 'International Center of Excellence in Medical Robot' and launching the Huatuo Robot project.

In Nov. 2011, he joins Stanford University as a visiting scholar and participates in the Stanford-Taiwan Biomedical Fellowship program to emerge himself in the environment of Stanford biodesign process and silicon valley entrepreneurship. He is also adjunct assistant professor of Biomedical Entrepreneurship in National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, Editorial Advisor for Medical Robotics Magazine and Medical Robot Advisor for WEGO group in China.

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The research and development of the Vesalius Robot was funded by the Reseach Fund of the K.U.Leuven